How to KEYWORD your STOCK PHOTOS to get more SALES | Stock photography tips and tricks

[@LukaAzman]

If you want to learn how to sell more photos, check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/nKMz-6xYzWk/v-deo.html

[@cavanimages]

Hey - Great video! Love that you're helping photogs. One thing I thought might be helpful to add - Separating keywords is super important - 99.9% of the time you should use single words. For example, "crowd of people" should be "crowd" "people" - Same for "Business Finance and Industry" You have business separated out but not the other important tags. Same for "Japanese Culture" should be "japanese" and "culture" Reason for all this is most search engines do not separate out words in your tag - i.e. Someone searching "japanese" will get hits with the tag "japanese" not your combined tag - They'd have to type in "japanese culture" to find your picture. If you have both words separated, you will show up in searches for "japanese" "culture" & "japanese culture" more likely to be found by more clients. Not trying to sound annoying - not criticizing either - your videos are great! Just trying to help.

[@LukaAzman]

Thanks for the suggestion! I believe that is the case on most stock sites, but I was talking specifically about iStock/Getty, which is totally different. Like I said, they use hierarchy, so when you add for example keyword "senior man", system automatically adds keywords "senior" and man", so the image will be searchable with those individual keywords, so no need to add those separate keywords. And also these options that you talked about. I was curious and I tried this, because I was sceptical too, and it works :)
Also, on iStock, you actually cant add "Crowd" keyword alone, because you have to disambiguate it, so you have to select one of the options the system suggests.
But yeah, on other stock sites, it is different, and I believe adding single words helps.

[@cavanimages]

@@LukaAzman thanks again for making the videos - they're really well done!

[@LukaAzman]

Thank you very much for that 🙏

[@astrorickym5300]

I really like the image with the blurred crowd in Japan, most of all how you play with the complementary colours!

[@LukaAzman]

Thank you! It is one of my most selling photos :)

[@tirsolecointere]

Great video Luka! Would be helpful another one of your process for keywording a bunch of images, what tools do you use and how you find all keywords for each image

[@SandeepKumarOfficial2020]

Awesome details
Very helpful for me.
Thanks alot for sharing

[@bahadurali4898]

Helping video Luka thanks

[@LukaAzman]

Happy to help

[@dusko980]

One of the best YT channels for prospect stock contributors.

[@LukaAzman]

Thank you! I appreciate that 🙏

[@PeteLeong]

Great info thanks Luka!

[@LukaAzman]

Thanks 💪

[@cahiterayeldemir7716]

Thanks for information

[@LukaAzman]

You are welcome!

[@petrusa12]

Great stuff! Very well explained, not too long and to the point. Thank you for the video!

[@LukaAzman]

Glad it was helpful! 😀

[@athanasiosmargaritis985]

Useful tips!! Thanks for the video!!!

[@LukaAzman]

Thank you :)

[@DiTenggara]

this is the tips i've been looking for! thankyou!

[@LukaAzman]

Awesome! It is always great to hear that my content is useful :)

[@EngineerwithaCamera]

plz continue uploading more videos

[@LukaAzman]

Yes, I am planning to 😀 Preparing few new ones 💪

[@jensummers2]

Thanks so much for this video. I just got started with iStock a couple weeks ago (have uploaded 3 so far) and have 0 views. I’ll see if I should adjust the keywords and will keep all this in mind going forward as I upload more.

[@LukaAzman]

Great to hear, Jen! Yeah, keywords are importatnt, but also the quality and quantity! So, in the beginning just upload as much as you can and don't worry about views and downloads! If you are a beginner, also check my other videos, maybe you will find some useful info there. This one for example: ua-cam.com/video/b8b0RioFFmU/v-deo.html

[@eurossocial]

Thank you for sharing this helpful information about keywording. To me as well english is my second language. You did only a video about istock. How about Adobe Stock? Do you have any video of how to keywording Ai images? And Other online keywording tools suggestions? You have a new subscriber to your channel. 👍😊

[@LukaAzman]

I am glad you like it! Well, I am only selling my photos on istock, so I am not sure about other platforms, but it is quite similar. Although here on iStock, you have to disambiguate all your keywords, because they are then translated in all other languages, but on others, you just enter what you think are the most important keywords. We are currently in the process of launching a keywording service, so let me know if you are interested, and I will let you know when it goes live. I know keywording can suck, and it was the first thing that I outsourced :)

[@CelticKatt]

Incredibly helpful!

[@LukaAzman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Sabrina_calens]

Thanks for this video, is keyword order important on istock and gettyimages ?

[@LukaAzman]

No, on iStock and Getty it is not important. I know on some other sites, it was important, but I am not sure if it is still the same.

[@amondaguasi1423]

Hello Sir, new subscriber here. Thanks for the videos...

[@LukaAzman]

Thanks for the sub! I hope you will find more useful things here 💪

[@meditationdaily1129]

do you know how to add keywords under Lightroom and then when you export it to the stock sites they would be auto populated?

[@LukaAzman]

Yes, in Library module, you have an option to add keywords to your images on the right side. And when you export the images from there, those keywords will save to iptc data on the image, so on most of the sites they will auto populate.

[@fischek]

super useful videos about getting into stock photography - I am finally inspired and for that I thank you :) one thing I was wondering about is the image with a bunch of people in Tokyo...do you need to release them all or is it not required as the faces are blurred? hvala mnogo i pozdrav iz Beograda :)

[@LukaAzman]

You don't need MRs for all the people there because they are blurred and also, if there is a crowd of people, even if they are recognizable, and none of them stands out, you are ok without MRs.

[@luissalas4931]

Luka, do you think there is an advantage to use keywords in another language besides English? i.e. Spanish

[@LukaAzman]

Actually it doesn’t matter. Because if you use english keywords, all those KWs will be translated to all supported languages. At least on iStock. So if someone searches in Spanish, it will find those images. Also, if you keyword in Spanish, the KWs will be translated. But you have to select in ESP which language you are using.

[@kevinjack5184]

What happens on iStock when you submit keywords that are in red?

[@LukaAzman]

If I am correct, they also go to istock, and they are searchable, but those are not in istock vocabulary, and that means that those keywords won’t be translated to other languages.

[@asawin]

Thank You so much.

[@LukaAzman]

My pleasure! I hope you have found some useful tips :)

[@commercialand]

Should I put in my paragraph or discription as I export out of final cut? There is a description box there, but I'm not certain if I put there, OR do I wait till I'm in Shutterstock to add my discription?
...and is description the same as "keywords", it kind of sounds the same compared to what "Handcraft Films" mentions.

[@LukaAzman]

I am not sure if shutterstock or any other site will read description from final cut. You can try, but I think you will have to add that on SS.

[@commercialand]

@@LukaAzman would you know why i cannot find anywhere on SS or even on UA-cam as to why i cannot find the place to set my OWN prices on Shutterstock? Pond5 shows it right away, but no where to be found on SS.

[@LukaAzman]

@@commercialand Well, I think you can't set your own prices on SS, but I am not 100% sure. You can on some sites, but mostly they have fix prices!

[@commercialand]

@@LukaAzman would you know how I would find out if my 23 video clips that have been approved....how do I check to see if they are public or active?

[@MrSaidaqqa]

Hi my friend, i really like your videos, please talk slowly,,,,, you have a lot of excellent info, Love you man

[@LukaAzman]

Thanks, I will try :)

[@magical_.colour5630]

Which website are you using for selling your photos

[@LukaAzman]

Only iStock

[@HaroldEscalona]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@LukaAzman]

Thank you !

[@Myfreemusictrack]

How long could I go before i received an invitation to be an exclusive contributor?

[@LukaAzman]

You can apply to be an exclusive contributor at any time. They will check your portfolio and approve or reject your application. I would suggest having at least 200 or 300 photos of different topics before applying. But if they reject you, you can always apply later. It is somewhere in ESP, under "account management" section.

[@Myfreemusictrack]

@@LukaAzman do I have to buy for exclusive membership?

[@LukaAzman]

@@Myfreemusictrack No, you just have to apply for exclusivity, that is it, it is free

[@Myfreemusictrack]

@@LukaAzmanis it where it says sign up or register.?which of these?

[@LukaAzman]

@@Myfreemusictrack So, ESP is where you upload your photos. When you are in, click on "account management" on top right, then "profile", then scroll down a bit and click on "Learn more about becoming an Exclusive Contributor.", and then click on "Apply now"

[@magical_.colour5630]

Why my photo isn't sell

[@praewphanolij5007]

Most two reasons Pictures not sell are the buyer don't see your picture =keyword and the buyer don't like your picture = quality and concept of the pictures.

[@LukaAzman]

I agree! Or sometimes it can happen that image just gets lost among all those millions of images that are uploaded, even if it is good and has good keywords.
But yeah, it can be quality, concept, keywords, ... it is hard to say whithout seeing the images 😀

[@praewphanolij5007]

@@LukaAzman sometimeI like to think its about luck hahaha

[@explorewitharnav]

I am doing this all wrong... filling all 50keywords, lol

[@LukaAzman]

Haha, yeah, I know, even for an image of an apple on white bacground 😂 I am also adding too many keywords sometimes, just in case 😀